Attachment for tobacco-cans



R. R. HAMILTON.

ATTACHMENT FOR TOBACCO CANS.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZ. I919.

1 29,595, Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT orinon.

ROBERT n. HAMILTON, or La HARPEIILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR TOBACCO-CANS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT R. -HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Harpe, in the county ofHancock and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Tobacco-Cans, of which the following is a v specification.

This invention relates to a device to be applied to tobacco cans and the like, and has for one of its objects the provision of means whereby the upper surface of theto bacco may be brought to. such position as it initially occupied, after so much has been removed as could be conveniently extracted by the fingers of the user thereof.

Another object of the invention is'to s'o construct a device of this character that it may be contained within the can of tobacco without detriment to the contents or its protective covering. 1

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of the features of 09nstruction, combination and arran ement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figural is a perspective view of the-device per 86.

Fig. 2 is a-sectional view of a can of tobaoco showing the device as initially ap- Fig. is a similarview showing the device as secondarily applied.

Similar numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates a tobacco can and 2 the protective covering containing the tobacco 3.

It is the ractice of tobacco users to em-' plov their ngers to extract from the can such quantity of tobacco as is needed. It

is therefore obvious that repeated extractions will so lower the upper surface of the contents of the can as would prevent such extraction with the fingers without tilting the can and spilling part of its contents.

This waste and inconvenience is overcome by the employment of a device embodying my invention which will keep the top surface of the tobacco in reach of the fingers of the user.

As seen in Fig. 1- of the drawing my de- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920. Application filed May 7, 1919. Serial No. 295,415.

vice consists of two plates 4 and 5 pivoted together, as at 6, and having their upper ends bent to form hooks 7. The plate 5 is further formed'at its lower end with a rightangular extension 8 and an upturned lip 9. In the application of the device let it be assumed that sufficient tobacco has been extracted to lower its upper surface beyond the reach of the users fingers. The protective covering and its contents are withdrawn from the can, and the device inserted in the can with the hook 7 of the upper plate 4 engaging the upper edge of the can. The protective covering with its contents is then replaced within the can with its bottom resting upon the right-angular flange of the plate P In this position-,Iwhich is shown in Fig. 2, it is obvious that the tobacco is within easy reach of the" fingers, and such further extractions of the contents as would put them beyond the reachof the fingers would only necessitate the repetition of the first opera- -t1on with the addition of folding the upper plate upon the lower, therebydisposing the .hook 7 of the lower plate in engagement comprislng a bracket composed of an upper sectlon having a hook at its upper end, a lower section having a hook at its upper end and a right angular extension at its lower end, and a pivotal connection between the lower end of the upper section and the upper end of the lower section, adapting said upper section to be extended above and in alinement with the-lower section or to be swung downwardly parallel with. said lower section. g 4

2. A device of the character described comprising a bracket of two sections, one section having an angular extension at one end, a lip terminating the angular extension, a hook formed on one endof the other section, and a pivot connecting. the other ends of the two sections adapting one to be folded upon the other. v

'In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROBERT R. HAMILTON. 

